Optimize Your AC

The Wirecutter Show

The New York Times

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4.4 • 894 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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0:00.0	I would love for you to explain, in the simplest terms, how AC works.
0:09.8	Sure. So there's a little fairy inside the box. Okay.
0:15.5	I'm Christine Zier-Klissette. I'm Kyra Blackwell.
0:18.2	I'm Rosie Garant. And you're listening to The Wirecutter Show.
0:27.5	This episode is called Optimize Your AC.
0:36.6	Hello. Hi. Hello.
0:38.1	Hi.
0:38.5	Hello.
0:41.7	Welcome to another episode of the wire cutter show, Kyra and Christine.
0:43.3	Oh, well, hello, Rosie.
0:44.9	Why are we talking like this? This is a serious topic.
0:47.4	It's hot.
0:48.5	It's so hot.
0:49.5	It's so hot.
0:50.5	And actually, let's get serious about talking about cooling off your house.
0:54.0	This is the time of
0:54.9	year I have to start prodding my super to install our AC window units because it is so hot.
1:02.3	My super never offered to uninstall and install my AC units. I think it's a liability thing,
1:07.3	which honestly I'm glad because I never felt confident about, you know,
1:12.5	throwing those units in and slamming the window down.
1:15.3	Yeah.
1:15.7	My husband does it.
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